Garment-holder.



' UNITED sTnTEs PATENT oEErcE LA HLIGVO C. IiR.-\USE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OI" ONE-THIRD TO BRO\\';\',OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. Y I* GAEMEN'r-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent. i Application led May 16, 1906. Serial No. 317,213.

' Patenten sep/t". 15,1908.

T o all 'whom 'it Amay concern.' 'f

Bo it known that I, Heco C. KRAUSE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvcnted certain newand useful Improvements'in Garmc'ntJ-lolders for Use in Hose-Supporters, Suspenders, and other Like Articles of Apparel. i

This invention relates to that class of garment supporters which are attached to the garment to be supported thereby without the use of but-tons, buckles and the like and which have heretofore been used principally as hose supporters.

The object of this invention is to obtain a garment sup )orter which may be used in Suspenders, o viating the use of buttons on the trousers to which it is attached, as well as in hose supporters and other like articles.

A further object of this invention is to ob-' tain a garment supporter which maybe easily and quickly attached to and detached from the garment or thing supported thereby.

I have illustrated a garment fastener em bodying this invention by the drawing accom )anying and. forming a part hereofv in whic i Figure 1 is a perspective of a hose supporter or holder and t ie upper part of the leg of a hose, such supporter attached to the hose. Fig. 2 is a front vlew of one end of a pair of sus enders, showing how garment holders em odying this invention may be used as elements therein by the omission of one element thereof .and showing a front view of a garment holder in a closed position and of a part of another one.v Fig. 3 is a side elevation of a garment holder embodying this invention with the jaws thereof in an open or inoperative )osition and with the locking plate thereo removed. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of a garment holder embodying this invention, with the jaws thereofvin a closed position and with the locking plate thereof on the button shank thereof to maintain the jaws 1n such closed position. Fig. 5 1s a top plan view of the base of a garment holder tion. '55 member forming one-of the jaws of a garembodying this invention showing the button shank at one end thereof, with the button head on the u )per end of such shank removed and with circles indicating shoulders on such shank. Fig. Gis a side elevation of the base of a garment holder embodying this inven- F ig. 7 is a side elevation of a movable S is a side elevation of a movable member forming a locking lever of a garment holder embodying this invention.- Fig. 9 is a bottom plan view ot the movable member shown in side elevation in Fig. 7. Fig. l() is a bottom' plan vicwof the locking'lever which is shown 1n side elevation in Fig.' S. Fig. 11 is a side elevation of a button shank forming an element in a garment holder embodying this invention.`

A reference let-ter applied to designate a given )art is `used to indicate such part ing wherever the same appears.

A is the top part of the leg of a hose.

with the garment holder embodying this invention and the slides C, C, a hose supporter.

D is a garment holder embodying this in-` vention.

E is the base of garment holder D. Base E is provided with turned up edges e, e.

F is a button shank in base E.

f, f', are shoulders in button shank F and f is a button head at the upper end of'such button shank (see Figs. 5 and 11), such button shank F and bu.ton head f constituting the button of the device.

G is a movable member pivotally attached to base E, as by pin H. Movable member G is provided with turnedup edges g, g, and pin H extends through the walls of such turned up edges g, g, and through the walls of turned up edges e, e, of base E.

I, Liare pads of flexible or elastic material, as rubber, felt or the like, provided with corrugations i, i. Pads I, I, are respectively placed in adjacent ends of base E and movable member G, such ends forming the grasping jaws of the device to be closed down on the article to be held thereby Figs. 3 and 4). v

J is a spring (indicated by dotted lines in Figs. 3 and 4), tending to hold t-he jaws of the garment in an openposition.

K is a locking lever provided with hole L Aat one end thereof. Locking lever K is turned up at the edges to obtain walls k, k.

M is the fulcrum of locking lever K and may consist of a pin extending through walls e. e, of base E and 1:, of lever K.

The aperture L in one end of lever K is sufficient-ly large to permit button head if to pass theretln'ough when such end of t 1e CHARLES TURNER Y mentholderembodying this invention. Fig.

throng iout the several figures of the draw y B is an elasticband forming, in connection (see lever is pressedv down to base 7D. The end of lever K adjacent to oneend of movable Y member G is underneath such end so that the lever is moved on its fulcruln to bring the button head through aperture L, when movable member G is turned on its pivot H to close the jaws of the holder on to the article placed between the jaws and hold the Sallie.

position with th-e shank in part n of aperture n, n', such lever is locked and the jaws are held firmly together. The required spring or resiliency to the holder is obtained by using suit-able thickness of sheet metal for the parts E, G and K thereof.

'N' is a plate provided with an aperture therein fitting loosely on the part of button shank F between shoulders f, and f and such part of the shank is slightly longer than the thickness of the plate N. When such shank is put in the hole therefor in base Erthe shoulder f is put. next the base and the shank is riveted in place. The plate N will then turn easily on the 1post F.

Latch N .and p ate N are, respectively, provided with slot n through which elastic y or other webbing (B) is passed in the usual way, to secure such parts to such webbing. In Fig. 2 O is the large webbing of the suspendel P is an ordinaigT plate rovided with slots 40 p, p', and j for web ing) to be passed through, an B', B', is web ing connecting lwebbing B'- and base button of such shank through the a erture 75 webbing O andllatch N' together. ln this construction the plate N and shoulder f' on post E are omitted; such latch N connecting The operation of the garment holder embodying this invention is the same whether y it be used to form an element ina hose sup'-` porter as in Figs. 1, 3 and 4 or in sus ende-rs,v as in Fig. 3, although the sheet metalhlsed in 50 its construction s iould be thicker for 'a holder to be used in suspende-rs than inl one to be used in a hose supporter. That is to say, the struct-ure shown in Fig. 2 is applied in the same way as the structure shown in A55 Figs. l, 3 and 4.

Figs. l, 3 and 4 show identically the same devieeFigs. 1 and 4 being dill'erent views of the device closed and Fig. V3 showing such device open. h 60 Having thus described my invention what I claim is new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is;- f

In a garment holder, a base, a movable member mounted on the base, one end'of the 65 movable member and one end of thefbase forming the jaws` of the holder, an additiongV movable member mounted onthe base, 'an provided with an aperture therein, a buttoifb` shank, provided with a button head, on the`4 "fo Y base, one end of such additional movabl member engaging with the first named movable member to actuate it and the other end closing over the button shank with the thereof, and a latch to lock such ad( itional lever in position with the jaws of the holder closed, substantially ,as described.

HUGO C. KRAUSE. In the presence of- Cona A. ADAMS, CHARLES TURNER BRoWN. 

